Cholesterol

"Cholesterol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils.

Descriptor ID	D002784
MeSH Number(s)	D04.210.500.247.222.284 D04.210.500.247.808.197 D10.570.938.208
Concept/Terms	Cholesterol Cholesterol Epicholesterol Epicholesterol

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cholesterol".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Polycyclic Compounds [D04]
Fused-Ring Compounds [D04.210]
Steroids [D04.210.500]
Cholestanes [D04.210.500.247]
Cholestenes [D04.210.500.247.222]
Cholesterol [D04.210.500.247.222.284]
Sterols [D04.210.500.247.808]
Cholesterol [D04.210.500.247.808.197]
Lipids [D10]
Membrane Lipids [D10.570]
Sterols [D10.570.938]
Cholesterol [D10.570.938.208]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cholesterol" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cholesterol" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 179 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2006

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	0	4	4
1998	0	1	1
1999	2	2	4
2000	4	4	8
2001	1	1	2
2002	2	9	11
2003	2	8	10
2004	5	6	11
2005	3	7	10
2006	6	10	16
2007	0	4	4
2008	2	3	5
2009	2	2	4
2010	3	7	10
2011	3	3	6
2012	4	4	8
2013	6	3	9
2014	1	3	4
2015	3	3	6
2016	3	3	6
2017	1	2	3
2018	0	6	6
2019	4	4	8
2020	3	4	7
2021	0	1	1
2022	0	5	5
2023	0	5	5
2024	1	2	3
2025	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Cholesterol" by people in Profiles.

Rodriguez A, Yu M, Phoo MT, Holinstat M, Schwendeman A. Antiplatelet Effects of DMPC-Based Synthetic High-Density Lipoproteins: Exploring Particle Structure and Noncholesterol Efflux Mechanisms. Mol Pharm. 2025 Mar 03; 22(3):1305-1317.

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Ho FK, Dale C, Mizani MA, Bolton T, Pearson ER, Valabhji J, Delles C, Welsh P, Nakada S, Mackay D, Pell JP, Tomlinson C, Petersen SE, Bray B, Ashworth M, Rahimi K, Mamas M, Halcox J, Sudlow C, Sofat R, Sattar N. Routine measurement of cardiometabolic disease risk factors in primary care in England before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic: A population-based cohort study. PLoS Med. 2024 Nov; 21(11):e1004485.

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Schubert TJ, Gidding SS, Jones LK. Overcoming the real and imagined barriers to cholesterol screening in pediatrics. J Clin Lipidol. 2024 May-Jun; 18(3):e297-e307.

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Watts GF, Jones LK, Sarkies MN, Pang J, Gidding SS, Libby P, Santos RD. International Atherosclerosis Society Roadmap for Familial Hypercholesterolaemia. Glob Heart. 2024; 19(1):12.

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Gidding SS. Childhood Screening for Familial?Hypercholesterolemia: JACC Review Topic of the Week. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 10 10; 82(15):1558-1563.

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Karalis DG. Strategies of improving adherence to lipid-lowering therapy in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Curr Opin Lipidol. 2023 12 01; 34(6):252-258.

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Watts GF, Gidding SS, Hegele RA, Raal FJ, Sturm AC, Jones LK, Sarkies MN, Al-Rasadi K, Blom DJ, Daccord M, de Ferranti SD, Folco E, Libby P, Mata P, Nawawi HM, Ramaswami U, Ray KK, Stefanutti C, Yamashita S, Pang J, Thompson GR, Santos RD. International Atherosclerosis Society guidance for implementing best practice in the care of familial hypercholesterolaemia. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2023 12; 20(12):845-869.

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Phillips K, Hazlehurst JM, Sheppard C, Bellary S, Hanif W, Karamat MA, Crowe FL, Stone A, Thomas GN, Peracha J, Fenton A, Sainsbury C, Nirantharakumar K, Dasgupta I. Inequalities in the management of diabetic kidney disease in UK primary care: A cross-sectional analysis of a large primary care database. Diabet Med. 2024 Jan; 41(1):e15153.

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Ben Hassen C, Goupille C, Vigor C, Durand T, Gu?raud F, Silvente-Poirot S, Poirot M, Frank PG. Is cholesterol a risk factor for breast cancer incidence and outcome? J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2023 09; 232:106346.

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Ray KK, Ference BA, S?verin T, Blom D, Nicholls SJ, Shiba MH, Almahmeed W, Alonso R, Daccord M, Ezhov M, Olmo RF, Jankowski P, Lanas F, Mehta R, Puri R, Wong ND, Wood D, Zhao D, Gidding SS, Virani SS, Lloyd-Jones D, Pinto F, Perel P, Santos RD. World Heart Federation Cholesterol Roadmap 2022. Glob Heart. 2022; 17(1):75.

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